Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, January 11, 2003 · Centre Bell
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-2 on Saturday, January 11, 2003 at Centre Bell. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 32-27.
Goals came from Alexei Zhitnik, Marcel Hossa, Henrik Tallinder, Stu Barnes and Saku Koivu.
Martin Biron made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 29 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Alexei Zhitnik (1)Ales Kotalik (6), Stu Barnes (15)1–000:48 BUF
Marcel Hossa (3)Patrick Traverse (8), Craig Rivet (9)1–119:19 MTL
2nd period
Henrik Tallinder (3)Adam Mair (5), Chris Gratton (22)2–101:57 BUF
3rd period
Stu Barnes (9)Miroslav Satan (20), J-P Dumont (13)3–101:03 BUF
Saku Koivu (13)Richard Zednik (12)3–203:48 MTL
Team stats
BUFMTL
32Shots on goal27
54%Faceoff %46%
0/4Power play0/3
10Penalty minutes12
4Hits6
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 01:53
Eric Boulton · cross checking2 min - 1st 12:42
Randy Mckay · high sticking2 min - 1st 12:42Randy Mckay · high sticking2 min
- 1st 17:18Tim Connolly · boarding2 min
- 2nd 15:41Alexei Zhitnik · tripping2 min
- 2nd 17:58Alexei Zhitnik · roughing2 min
- 2nd 17:58Craig Rivet · roughing2 min
- 2nd 18:41Stephane Quintal · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 10:07Chris Gratton · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 10:07Richard Zednik · roughing2 min
- 3rd 17:43Patrick Traverse · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 41Stu BarnesC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 19:27 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:28 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:48 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:24 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:52 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 21:54 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:49 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 24:49 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:09 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:37 |
| 26Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:24 |
| 29Jaroslav KristekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:48 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:06 |
| 55Denis HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:47 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:37 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:19 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:54 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:24 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 43Martin BironG | W | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 59:58 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Saku KoivuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 24:19 |
| 20Richard ZednikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 23:04 |
| 81Marcel HossaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 21:21 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 23:40 |
| 54Patrick TraverseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 22:26 |
| 14Oleg PetrovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:06 |
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 08:26 |
| 24Andreas DackellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:37 |
| 26Sylvain BlouinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:51 |
| 38Jan BulisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:49 |
| 71Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:15 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:29 |
| 93Doug GilmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:21 |
| 94Yanic PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 14:37 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:34 |
| 28Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:32 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 24:39 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28:32 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jeff HackettG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | L | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 59:11 |